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...proposals. In these states, the secret to successful farming is flexibility. Farmers there like to shift from crop to crop-mainly wheat, corn and soybeans-as prices and supply conditions change. But under Freeman's plan, a farmer's past wheat production would determine his marketing quota; farmers were apprehensive that establishing this wheat "history" would lock them into wheat production at the cost of flexibility...
...applications. "We're just trying to hold them off," says one. "We just don't have all that much room." One-third more Britons have also applied for permanent visas to the U.S., though in the past they have filled only 35% of their annual immigration quota...
...tuned and ready for an afternoon's cruise. Baxter's Fish Market was standing anxiously by, awaiting the order for lobsters and fish for chowder. White House Chef Rene Verdon had bought $150 worth of food at a Hyannis supermarket, and carefully insisted on his full quota of trading stamps. Years of Diplomacy. A friendly crowd of 500 was at Otis Air Force Base as Pearson's Comet touched down from Ottawa. After striding forward to meet his northern neighbor, Kennedy set the tone of the meeting. "We share more than geography," he said. "A history...
...applications, if enough of these applications are available. Each Master must choose comparable numbers of students from public and private schools and in different positions on the rank list. A Committee of Review headed by Dean Watson checks the distribution, and fills the last 30 per cent of each quota from a pool of unassigned freshmen...
Instead of spawning political patronage, an informal communications system among personal offices might indirectly reduce nepotism in the capital. In the past, if an agency ruled an applicant unqualified or if it had already filled its temporary job quota, it filed his application away and forgot him. Since many government bureaus do not know how many students they can use until April or May, notices of hirings are not distributed until it is too late for unsuccessful applicants to inquire elsewhere. A system to allow personnel officials to refer rejected applicants to one another would enlarge the pool of qualified...